I’ve always believed that each person learns in a different way. While some may be paper and pencil learners, others are more visual while certain people learn by doing. For those who learn by doing, Bold Earth Teen Adventures offers multi-sport summer programs for high school students ages 11-18 that incorporate community service projects. Bold…
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LeapFrog LeapSchool Reading Game Makes Reading Fun
Learning to read is engaging and interactive with the LeapFrog’s LeapSchool Reading cartridge game. As a former first grade teacher who taught kids to read, I know how difficult it can be for young children. Concepts like letter recognition, phonics, rhyming, word families, sight word recognition, and more need to come together to read fluently. While…
Macy’s Classroom Makeover Sweepstakes (ends 9/15)
When I first started teaching, I did my best to make my first grade classroom look as bright and cheery as possible with the limited resources I had. I brought my hand-me-down rug from my grad school apartment, repurposed plastic shelving, went to the dollar store religiously to score book bins for $1, and spray…
Vote in Spotless Moments Photo Contest & Enter to Win Washer, Dryer & Year’s Supply of Tide!
BabyCenter and Tide Free & Gentle Liquid Laundry Detergent announced the top 10 messy first birthday photo finalists for the Spotless Moments Photo Contest and it’s time for you to help select the winner! Take a look at the gallery and vote once a day for your favorite messy face photo and be entered…
Upload Messy 1st Birthday Photo for Chance to Win Washer, Dryer & Year of Tide from BabyCenter
How much of a cake mess did your child make on their first birthday? If you captured their frosting fingers, crummy chin, or luscious lips covered in cake bits, dig up that adorable messy first birthday photo for the Tide Spotless Moments Photo Contest on BabyCenter for a chance to win a washer and…
HP’s “Reboot With ROI” Retreat Giveaway
This post is sponsored by HP Remember how I said I needed a real vacation? An all expense paid vacation sounds so much better, especially when the tab is being picked up by HP and includes a technology makeover! grand prize is a six person getaway in Napa that includes more than the royal treatment…
Calling Shutterbugs for National Geographic Photo Contest! Novices welcome! (w. giveaway)
Congratulations to Lauren who won the Canon SLR camera bag and a supply of Energizer Lithium batteries! Have you ever envisioned one of your photos in National Geographic? Well, now is your chance to make it happen! National Geographic and Energizer have teamed up to present the 3rd annual Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest. The winner…
Win Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones by Playing Sony Digital Imaging Game
I love to enter contests with fabulous prizes and have been trying my skills at the three games that are part of the new Sony Digital Imaging campaign to try to win a new Sony DSLR camera or other prizes such as a Handycam or Cybershot. I have to admit that I covet the DSLR….
Doodle 4 Google: Win for You and Your School!
Have you ever noticed the Google doodles when you go to the homepage to start a search? Google has a competition called Doodle 4 Google, a competition where K-12 students create new designs with the homepage logo around the theme “What I Wish For The World.” Students in U.S. schools in grades K-12 can submit…
